. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. the. 2106. A common hybrid form of Garden Rhododendron. are retentive of moisture; (2) plant in masses, at any rate while young, so thsit they may protect each other and prevent evaporation; (3) sive the bed a northern exposure or a situation where the force of the midday sun is broken; (4) do not plant under o
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. the. 2106. A common hybrid form of Garden Rhododendron. are retentive of moisture; (2) plant in masses, at any rate while young, so thsit they may protect each other and prevent evaporation; (3) sive the bed a northern exposure or a situation where the force of the midday sun is broken; (4) do not plant under or near trees like elm, oak or maple which make undue inroads on the 9G 2107. Grafting of Rhododendron. Saddle-graft at A; veneer-graft at I ter and In summer give heavy watering v weather is excessively hot or dry. *' lifd sliiiuld be prepared by excavating to the desired dinieiisiuiis and at least three feet deep. The poor material should be , but the good soil can be replaced, adding enough peat, etc. (see above) to make good that which was rejected: all should be thoroughly and carefully mixed. Peat, al- though excellent, is not necessary. Yellow loam or hazel loam, if not too sandy, is et|ually good and is im- proved by additions of humus. To nearly pure peat an 'ture of sand is beneficial; the essential point is thit all soils for these plants must be fine. The beds should be prepared in autumn and left to settle all win- ter due allowance being made for shrinking. In spring le\el off to the grade of the adjacent hand and do not leive "rounded ; A bed liiirher at the center than at ttie sides perhaps makes a better display of the plants, but it is more likely to dry up and does not catch all the water possible from occasional showers. It is gen- erally conceded that lime soils and manures containing lime, , wood ashes and bone meal, are injurious to ; in limestone regions it is undoubtedly ad^is;^liltâ to ^iib^titi
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